Political parties cannot afford to take older UK voters for granted in the coming election, says Age Concern. A survey…
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Tories pledge free sports lessons
Children would be offered two hours’ free sports training a week by a future Tory government, the party has said.…
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Boothroyd calls for Lords speaker
Betty Boothroyd has said the House of Lords needs its own Speaker and that peers should lead the way on…
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Milburn defends poster campaign
Labour’s election chief Alan Milburn has defended his party’s campaign posters amid Tory claims the ads were nothing short of…
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Lib Dems highlight problem debt
People vulnerable to problem debts should be afforded greater protection from banks aggressively promoting financial products, the Lib Dems say.…
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UKIP candidate suspended in probe
Eurosceptic party UKIP have suspended a candidate for allegedly suggesting the criminally insane should be killed. John Houston, 54, was…
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Job cuts ‘false economy’ – TUC
Plans to shed 71,000 civil service jobs will prove to be a “false economy” that could hamper public sector reforms,…
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Council tax rise ‘reasonable’
Welsh councils should set their taxes at “reasonable levels” after being given an average funding increase of 6%, says the…
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Civil servants in strike ballot
The UK’s biggest civil service union is to ballot its 290,000 members on strikes in protest at government plans to…
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Brown’s poll campaign move denied
The government has denied reports that Gordon Brown is preparing to oust Alan Milburn as Labour’s election supremo. Work and…
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